[News] Glance at GNU/Linux-loaded Toshiba Sub-notebooks - Linux

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Hands on: Toshiba NB100 netbook review
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| Prices for the NB100 are as follows: the Linux model is £259; the XP version
| is available with 1GB of RAM for £299. ...

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| Toshiba has announced the UK arrival of the Toshiba NB100, the company's
| first product to enter the growing netbook market.
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| The company says the 8.9-inch NB100 is a "stylish, compact device with
| advanced communication and multimedia capabilities" that weighs in at less
| than a kilo.
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| Toshiba Australia has yet to advise on local availability and price. The
| NB100 lands in Europe next month from £260, which is as near as dammit to
| $600, although that doesn’t take into account the GST and other markups.
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| Unlike the Asus Eee PC models, the Toshiba NB100 has a 120GB hard drive. It
| also has 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, 10/100 Ethernet and three USB ports. It is
| expected to ship in October for about £260.
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| Dell is now selling selected systems with Ubuntu 8.0.4, Hardy Heron,
| pre-installed in the United Kingdom . Ubuntu has been an option some Dell
| systems in the past, but only in the United States. Dell is pre-installing
| Ubuntu on the XPS M3110 and Inspiron 1525n laptops and the Inspiron 530n
| desktop system.
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| An article was added to Microsoft's Knowledge Base yesterday that I
| found rather curious. Titled Some Toshiba portable computers cannot
| be upgraded to Windows Vista, it says "These portable computers were
| originally manufactured and designed to support only Microsoft Windows
| XP".
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| Specifically designed for XP only? How do you do that? I looked at the
| specs for a few of these, and they seemed within reason to run Vista
| on. Enough RAM, enough processor, enough Hard drive. I noticed that
| one that I looked at listed a video card that had DirectX 8.1
| optimized drivers, where 'Vista Capable' requires at least DirectX 9.
| Is that one thing the deal breaker?
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